Ange Postecoglou beams with pride as Europa League win is 'made in Tottenham' after next generation shine

Tottenham manager Ange Postecoglou says the full nine should beryllium arrogant aft academy graduates Dane Scarlett, Damola Ajayi and Mikey Moore each scored successful the 3-0 triumph implicit IF Elfsborg successful the Europa League.

Scarlett, 20, and Ajayi, 19, opened their accounts for the nine wrong moments of their introductions successful the 2nd half, portion Moore besides scored his archetypal Spurs goal with a well-taken 3rd successful stoppage-time. A comfy triumph ensured Postecoglou's broadside booked their spot successful the knockouts with a fourth-place decorativeness successful the Europa League table.

"It was 'made successful Tottenham' tonight," Postecoglou said. "It’s superb for the nine and I’m definite determination are academy coaches and players who won’t slumber contiguous due to the fact that they are beauteous excited. We person got a large week coming up and we person got to effort to negociate the load of our players and effort to support them.

"We benignant of knew we would person to trust connected immoderate young players tonight, and each the mode done this run to beryllium honest.

"I thought they stood up truly well. The full radical played good but we were going to request immoderate young boys to marque an interaction and not conscionable the 3 goalscorers. We had a mates of 18-year-olds successful determination [Archie Gray and Lucas Bergvall] arsenic good who proceed to thrust america on.

"So it is simply a large nighttime for the nine and thing the full academy should beryllium arrogant of.

"It’s large [for me, too] but I deliberation it’s a overmuch prouder infinitesimal for the nine itself," Postecoglou added. "That’s what academies are for. That’s what those 3 boys and others, who person played for america and were astir apt connected the terraces astatine 1 clip truthful our fans tin subordinate to that.

"We're successful a pugnacious spot successful the league evidently but I deliberation that volition beryllium hugely enjoyable for everyone, conscionable the information that 3 young boys, 3 Tottenham lads person scored connected a European night. I deliberation it's conscionable large for the club.

"My caput is present connected Sunday [against Brentford] and trying to marque definite we get our league signifier backmost to wherever it should be.

"I don’t cognize of galore teams that are finishing European games similar america with 5 oregon six teenagers connected the field. It's a situation for us, but recognition to the lads. They’re conscionable cracking connected with it and the young boys are taking their opportunities.

"They'll each carnivore effect successful time. This vulnerability we've fixed them, the maturation they've made, I'm definite they’ll each beryllium encouraged and I deliberation the remainder of the academy volition too, the young players successful there, due to the fact that they've seen the players they're sharing a dressing country with scoring for Tottenham connected a European night. I'm definite it'll springiness a boost to the full place."

"It’s been a beauteous bully European run for us," Postecoglou added. "We person had to woody with immoderate adversity successful it.

"Even the archetypal crippled we played present I retrieve we were down to 10 men aft astir 10 minutes.

"We person dealt with it beauteous good considering the radical we person got. We person enactment ourselves successful a large position. We are done to the circular of 16 and person missed the play-off crippled which gives america a mates of much weeks to get players back.

"So hopefully by the clip the knockout rounds travel we volition person immoderate much acceptable bodies to assistance the radical and it is an breathtaking situation for us."